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Here’s the Day-by-Day Lineup Breakdown for SHoD XII

Posted in Whathaveyou on May 22nd, 2012 by JJ Koczan

Not to get all New England about it or anything, but the lineup for this year’s Stoner Hands of Doom is wicked pissah. Having moved from its home in Frederick, Maryland, to the unfamiliar climes of the El ‘n’ Gee in New London, Connecticut, SHoD XII has grown into a massive four-day event featuring some of the best in doom, sludge and stoner that the Eastern Seaboard and beyond has to offer.

I was looking through the lineup yesterday, basically killing time while fantasizing about being somewhere other than at work, and looky looky what I saw on the SHoD site as well — an Obelisk logo! Turns out I’m kinda, sorta, a little bit helping maybe almost present the fest in some small way — apparently enough to get my logo on the page — and I’ll be having much more about it as we get closer, of course leading up to notes and pics from the fest when it takes place over Labor Day weekend.

Check out the day-by-day breakdown on the poster below:

This is a monster fucking fest. From SHoD veterans like Negative Reaction, Akris, Iron Man and Earthride, but though I know I’ve said it before, what really excites me about SHoD XII is how it branches out from it’s Maryland and Doom Capitol roots to bring in outsiders like Roadsaw, Elder, Black Pyramid. Both Connecticut acts, Curse the Son and Stone Titan were a thrill at the CT Fuzz Fest last summer, and When the Deadbolt Breaks have a new bassist and I hear they’re at their most crushing yet, so it’ll be great to catch them alongside bands like Borracho, Fire Faithful, and way-out-of-towners like Kin of Ettins, The Skull, Pilgrim and Gypsy Chief Goliath.

Way stoked all around, and I’ll have much more as we get closer to Labor Day. Can’t wait.

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Visual Evidence: Stoner Hands of Doom XII Coming to the El ‘n’ Gee in CT

Posted in Visual Evidence on April 18th, 2012 by JJ Koczan

What I like best about the lineup for this year’s installment of the Stoner Hands of Doom fest (or SHoD, as it’s affectionately known), is that it blends the festival’s Maryland doom lineage with its newfound New England surroundings, so you get Earthride, Iron Man, Admiral Browning and Lord playing alongside Roadsaw, Elder, When the Deadbolt Breaks and Ichabod. And Skrogg! This is gonna rule. It’s a stellar lineup of bands, and I can’t wait to head up to the El ‘n’ Gee in New London over Labor Day weekend for the fest. Check out the poster below and click to enlarge:

For more info and updates on SHoD XII, check out the official website.

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